1970 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1970 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 89th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the 79th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76–86 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 13 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The season was also the first of 26 seasons for AstroTurf at Busch Memorial Stadium.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1970 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1970 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Jim Woods)
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Offseason

Curt Flood

Curt Flood, because of a salary dispute with Gussie Busch, was traded after the 1969 season but refused to go to the Philadelphia Phillies and on January 16, 1970, filed a civil lawsuit to challenge baseball's reserve clause. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court and, though he lost, paved the way for free agency to change the game.

Regular season

Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove and the Cy Young Award this year, with a 3.12 ERA, 23 wins, and 274 strikeouts. The Cardinals won only 76 games, their lowest total since the days of the 154-game schedule. Vic Davalillo had 24 pinch hits, breaking the National League record, and tying the Major League record set by Dave Philley in 1961.[4][5][6][7]

Steve Carlton posted one game where he struck out 16 batters.[8]

Third baseman Mike Shannon was limited to 52 games and soon would retire because of a kidney disease that threatened his life.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 8973 0.549 — 50–32 39–41
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 5 46–34 38–44
New York Mets 8379 0.512 6 44–38 39–41
St. Louis Cardinals 7686 0.469 13 34–47 42–39
Philadelphia Phillies 7388 0.453 15½ 40–40 33–48
Montreal Expos 7389 0.451 16 39–41 34–48

Record vs. opponents
1970 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–45–139–96–126–66–67–56–69–97–117–5
Chicago 4–8—7–57–56–613–57–119–98–109–37–57–11
Cincinnati 13–55–7—15–313–57–58–47–58–48–109–99–3
Houston 9–95–73–15—8–108–46–64–86–614–410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–66–65–1310–8—8–47–56–56–611–79–97–5
Montreal 6–65–135–74–84–8—10–811–79–96–66–67–11
New York 6–611–74–86–65–78–10—13–56–126–66–612–6
Philadelphia 5-79–95–78–45–67–115–13—4–149–38–48–10
Pittsburgh 6–610–84–86–66–69–912–614–4—6–64–812–6
San Diego 9–93–910–84–147–116–66–63–96–6—5–134–8
San Francisco 11–75–79–98–109–96–66–64–88–413–5—7–5
St. Louis 5–711–73–96–65–711–76–1210–86–128–45–7—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1970 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJoe Torre161624203.32521100
1BDick Allen122459128.27934101
2BJulián Javier139513129.251242
3BMike Shannon5517437.213022
SSDal Maxvill15239980.201028
LFLou Brock155664202.3041357
CFJosé Cardenal148552162.2931074
RFLeron Lee12126460.227623

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Joe Hague139451122.2711468
Ted Simmons8228469.243324
Carl Taylor10424561.249645
Ed Crosby389524.25306
Milt Ramírez627915.19003
Luis Meléndez217021.30008
Cookie Rojas23475.10602
José Cruz6176.35301

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Gibson342942373.12274
Steve Carlton34253.210193.73193

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Nelson Briles30106.2676.2459
George Culver1156.2334.6123
Frank Bertaina831.1123.1614
Santiago Guzmán813.2117.249

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Sal Campisi372242.9226
Ted Abernathy111012.958
Jerry Johnson72013.185
Chuck Hartenstein60008.789
Fred Norman10000.000

Awards and honors

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Team award winners

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Warren Spahn
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Ken Boyer
A Modesto Reds California League Jack Krol
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Joe Cunningham
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Roy Majtyka
A-Short Season Lewis-Clark Broncs Northwest League Fred Hatfield
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Tom Burgess

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lewis-Clark[14]

References
  1. Curt Flood page at Baseball Reference
  2. Mike Tyson page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference
  4. George Vass, Baseball Digest, November 2004, Vol. 63, No. 11, ISSN 0005-609X
  5. Baseball Digest, March 1995, Vol. 54, No. 3, ISSN 0005-609X
  6. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
  7. www.howstuffworks.com
  8. Langosch, Jenifer (April 14, 2016). "Garcia's pitch movement on display in near no-no". MLB.com.
  9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=SLN
  10. Don Shaw page at Baseball Reference
  11. Phil Gagliano page at Baseball Reference
  12. Bake McBride page at Baseball Reference
  13. Chuck Hartenstein page at Baseball-Reference
  14. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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